Fifa is unfit for purpose, investigations abound but we’ve not seen convictions yet. The president has not been arrested, but, well, he has president over this enormous shambles, yet he refuses to resign. His resignation is needed to relieve the reputation of Fifa, the reputation of football itself. We all know this, but SFA chef exec, Stewart Regan said as much.
The SFA is Blatter’s role model. Regan conceded SFA president Campbell Ogilvie was horribly conflicted, as the Association dealt with the consequences of the biggest directorial negation of duty in Scottish football history – by Ogilvie, who was director and company secretary of the dysfunctional board.
Ogilvie never resigned. Ogilvie has still not resigned. Regan said nothing. Ogilvie’s supporters in the game rallied round, just as Blatter’s have today.
This is how human nature works. Ogilvie has been in enough committee meetings, pressed enough flesh, to ensure that despite the slaying he took at the hands of Lord Nimmo Smith’s SPL inquiry, he could brass it out. Accountability at the SFA does not exist. I get it. But, the SFA cannot have the audacity to make moralistic statements about the corporate accountability of others.
It is a depressing feature of Scottish life that we don’t have a culture of accountability, that the media are not sufficiently plural that such hypocrisy is exposed for what it is, that there isn’t a single elected representative prepared to disengage with the Scottish establishment on this today.
The new media are not there yet. We don’t have the authority of a broadcaster or politician to demand, and get, accountability. That’ll change in time.
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Chortle!
Goal!
The Field Marshall scores!
Hahaha!!!
HH!!
It’s turning ugly at ipox
Oops it’s always ugly there
Tall fella on left mid for well is an imposter. Not trying.
…..somewhere on Booby Madden’s tunic a small radio-controlled buzzer goes off………
Oh you mother
Nearly 2….
Almost two as the Zombies lose their cool:)))
Well, I’ll be …
Steven McLean getting warmed up…
Time for madden to earn his season book
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The young Miss just disturbed my smoke break
with a” ya fcuking beauty” where did I go wrong
with that ghirl?
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family: *snort* :-)
Almost 2 from corner – deflected for another corner –
Wooooosh drawers in Copland Road
ACGR –
Steady. I was genuinely asking you to clarify. I wasn’t trying to put words in your mouth. If I misunderstood then I apologise.
But my point still stands. No way would a Celtic statement, regardless of the legal terminology used, have stopped the lie that followed.
You either overestimate the power of the Celtic board or underestimate the dishonesty of the Hun, or both.
Interestingly…Stephen Pearson is an absolute shadow of the player he used to be.
Skippy spoken to for being wrestled by Sevco defender……I sense a bit of mibbery coming on……
Well are well up for this
Geordie yes to be fair it did fill up.
Sipsini I know but I cannot believe how much Celtic have let us down over this whole affair. It’s shameful.
Dear Santa,
I realise this might be an unusually early Christmas Wish List for you to receive, however…..
……
Did they find Ainsworth in the pub?
Auldheid, how would Celtic releasing a symatherically worded statement in the immediate aftermath of the loss off their ancient rivals have contributed to public unrest?
I think it would have been appropriate and the correct thing to do.
Cmon Well
I won’t get my hopes up but there’s one thing about the mothers……
They’re no’ Hibs!
Richard Foster….. What a sh@te football player…
Reminds me of the times we had Mark McNally
The SFA/SFPL are the arbiters of the Scottish game.
Not Celtic.
A statement would have been fun, but coming from deidco’s arch rivals, wouldn’t have held much weight.
saltires en sevilla
20:20 on 28 May, 2015
Well are well up for this
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I think they look fitter also…interesting game:-)
McGregor is a proper hun eeh awe
Madden may be under instructions from king to keep them down…. He canny afford the bigger wages after all…..
“The” Sevco… Look seriously open at the back.
Two or three counter attacks….I’ll take a 4-0.
Just logged on.What are Rae’s comments going to be at HT.The Murderwell player was clearly offside before cutting inside and shooting.Odds please.HH.
Nye Bevans’ rebel soldier
20:18 on
28 May, 2015
LOL – That just cost me some beer.. but Cheers ! :-)
Busy day.
Livibhoy and BT
My very best wishes to you both and many congratulations.
dim sam
Very good post.
Hamburg bloodbrothers losing to Karlsruher 1-0 in the German relegation play-off.
Thats Relegation play-off, not bundesliga play-off final, as they promote our version on Bt.
Both teams pish.
Two
Yaaasssss big Mick
0_2 happy days lol